 Welcome back! This time we're looking at 40 games we loved on the Commodore Amiga. So then this line of computers that appeared in the late 80s and throughout the early 90s as well, these machines came with all sorts of proprietary chipsets with graphics and sound capabilities we just hadn't seen before or heard and it all came at an acceptable price. Oh and I nearly forgot it was a massive success. You can't beat the 80s or 90s especially the advertisements and if anybody's foolish enough to argue otherwise to understand them you just had to be there. Even the hairstyles and unlike retro gaming I don't think that hairstyles ever coming back but living in the 80s felt like a new dawn it was exciting everybody felt like we were on the cusp of something big and just when you thought the 80s were brilliant then the 90s came along and blew it completely away. So I think it's safe to say that I personally lived through two of the best decades ever. Today is great don't get me wrong but it's all doom and gloom. All we had back then was Who Shot JR, a white Michael Jackson, one button joysticks and for Christ's sake we even celebrated materialism. It was if the entire decade was deregulated. Now another world came out in 1991 and at the time it was like a cinematic experience it blew everybody away and I kid you not the animation felt years ahead. Now carrier command wow I first played this on the Amstrad CPC it was probably around 1988 and trust me that game was fantastic it was brilliant and it had the complexity of the 16-bit versions as well but this is even better and kept more than kept me burning the midnight oil. The only sad thing is it didn't really feel like it was taking advantage of the Amiga's capabilities that much but it's a blaster's dream come true. Snow, rain, blistering sunshine, tight controls and fast pace Crazy Cars 3 has it all and whenever I'm searching for that nostalgic buzz Crazy Cars 3 is up there it's in that pile of games that I think hmm which one should I play. I had this on the Amstrad CPC as well it was a lot slower and it just didn't feel as refined but you couldn't complete the game there was a bug at the end you can get this on the Super Nintendo as well and I think you can play it on the PC but it's called Lamborghini and it's two player. Now I played Dungeon Master on the Atari ST originally but it I didn't really understand it if I'm honest I was too young but by the time this came out on the Amiga I was an absolute wizard and it blew my mind in comparison to the original Dungeon Master and it's no secret I spent a hell of a long time playing this. A friend of mine even has his original disc with all his save files on where he built up a really powerful party. Now I still love playing this it's a bit slow compared to the PC version of the Vendee but it was just easy to get into no matter your level of experience it was just simple and easy to get into and quick to play but the progression was there for the true petrolhead if needed and I still wager if you can get round Silverstone in this with all the aids turned off you can do it for real. Now all we need is a patch to relive the Abu Dhabi race between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen no I'm joking. This is a difficult one to judge it doesn't use the full entirety of the screen and the score panel on the right it's just a little bit too big for my liking but the game itself is fantastic to play and if like me your into your arcade conversions they don't come any better than this it's smooth it's fast more importantly it's gauntly too and I say that because sadly Amiga owners never got the original and if you've got the interface you can play with up to four friends. Now Golden Axe needs no introduction for the Commodore Amiga. You know this arcade conversion to the Amiga shows that anything the Mega Drive can do well the Amiga can do as well this plays just as good if not better then on the Sega Mega Drive oh my god did you see that that is pure filth or maybe it's just my mind oh god I can't stop seeing it now that's what you call a proper eye shag and not in a good way I need therapy now have not seen that before you can't even refer to that I'll call that an Easter egg oh my eyes I think this was the first game where I thought to myself what happens if I stop the car and try to go around the other way the wrong way around the track or just literally stop and park in the middle the results were spectacular for me it's better than stunt car racer there I've said it and for the time it was the best racing game money could buy and although the PC original looked phenomenal there was no sound so another example where the Amiga betters the PC Jimmy White snooker this is one I absolutely loved for me back in the day this was definitely the most realistic you can't beat though going down a snooker hall down to your local snooker hall having a few pints meeting up with a few friends and playing snooker but back in the day I was obviously underage and couldn't do that so the next best place was at home and this was great for playing with friends and family good old memories good old times for me talk about cloud nine I was at sixes and sevens with lemmings because what played an absolute blinder back in the day is it still 7th heaven in 2022 and there's no point me giving it a third degree so I'll let my four-year-old and six-year-old daughter play it and they absolutely loved it plus I think it's probably the first time they ever used a mouse as you know it's all touchscreen these days even at school so not only did they get to play a good game a great game they also got a history lesson in retro gaming whoo the ultimate drive three sheets to the wind whilst trying not to do a number on your spanking new Lotus turbo now it's a car on a road it moves left and right occasionally you'll have to overtake other vehicles so what's all the fuss about well I personally think it's the first game since outrun of the time it gave us something to go up and on the Commodore Amiga I think it revolutionized driving games what's the point of a fighting game if there's no blood and guts the creators of Mortal Kombat understood this and because of that extreme violence the franchise still survives today now admittedly this is a beat-a-muck but we still want that shock horror gorefest I remember renegade on the Amstrad CPC it was a revelation when I found out that you could turn the blue blood red so a good game that's even better because of an on-off gore option ah New Zealand story this game is incredibly cute I think it's slightly more difficult than the arcade original but that might just be me because Ocean have done a fantastic arcade conversion here my wife sees me playing this game and she just thinks what a big massive kid but this is not a kids game this is for everyone I'm just as fully immersed playing New Zealand story as I am playing Halo Infinite wow has anybody seen the Amstrad CPC port of this it's truly magnificent naturally it's not going to compete graphically with the Amiga I mean just look at this but it's got all the play there was a PC version as well but they messed up the graphics slightly and even though the sound card was the superior sound blaster for your own sanity alone your best option was to turn the volume down low and in my personal opinion all these years on this is still the best place to play computer pinball I can't think of a better home computer platform than the Amiga for this game the Amiga's color palette was made for this Amiga power in 1991 gave it 100% now I could have understood that score if it would have included a two-player option but as things stand it's just an incredible fantastic single-player adventure these days I play Kirby Mario Zelda you name it but the world needs more games like this games this difficult need funny moments but I love the trial and error nature of this game I can't understand why there's no Rick Dangerous 3 I literally grew up on this and the first game and I'll remember being stuck at certain points and friends coming around to help and try and get to the next bit my uncle came around in the end and managed to move us on a bit secured us there because it got the whole family involved and friends and I love that it's more of the original and they didn't try to change things too much when I first saw this game I thought that's it the future's arrived the graphics can't get any better than this the sound the music the fact that I'm playing an ocean game and it's Robocop I was literally in my element I didn't put this game down for about two or three weeks and this wasn't even my game I didn't even play on my Amiga it was on a mate in fact his family must have felt like I'd moved in the only other time that's happened where I've literally disappeared off the grid is when command and conquer came out can you believe it another arcade perfect well to me it feels arcade perfect but Rodland is one of my favourite games in the arcade and definitely one of my favourite arcade conversions on the Commodore Amiga I'm going to say it again you didn't need a Super Nintendo or a Sega Mega Drive the Commodore Amiga could match those systems I really believe we screwed up letting the Japanese consoles invade our European shores we should have continued down our own path and Japanese games like this would have continued to have been converted our type is like fine wine the older it gets the better it looks and nowadays even more I really appreciate the game design and I really appreciate the ZX Spectrum arcade conversion by Bob Paid and this Commodore Amiga conversion I personally feel really lucky to have paid and owned our type on the Commodore Amiga and I don't want to hear any crap about the PC engine version being superior oh give the Amstrad CPC 128k version a go as well there's only one way to better the original game and that's to compliment it and you do that simply by more of our type 2 plays much like the original and that's no criticism gameplay remains much the same throughout but all the levels are subtly different and pose new challenges so our type 2 is a brilliant blast and every bit as good as original to sum up two of the best games ever made and the Amiga has both of them oh god I love this game the graphics are beautifully rendered the animation is as smooth and convincing as you could wish for the nasties are really nasty but just listen to that music the thump of that music and the sound effects everything you'd want from a classic shoot-em-up is all packaged in here and for those not in the know guess what this is a classic shoot-em-up I'm not sure how popular this was back in the day but give me this over a game of Sonic any day of the week I've played many adventure type such as this on the Amiga the PC and consoles and I remember games such as full throttle and Blade Runner police quest Kings Quest Sam and Max there's even the Indiana Jones series and early Star Trek and whilst all of those are great entertainment this is the one that left me gobsmacked the one that made me laugh the most but probably the best computer adventure I've ever been on well I'm not gonna lie to you this is probably the game I've played most of all video games computer games since I've been alive yes I kid you not I've put about 4,000 hours into this a close second would be football manager to yes I like my football games although not FIFA FIFA's too stressful plus you don't feel like you all that 100% in control in the same way you do in this game come on the lads better than shinobi yes I know the graphics aren't much to write home about but it's the gameplay that survived the translation from the arcade original there's nothing truly original about it yeah it's a familiar formula but still a damn fine action adventure so ignore its 2d limits and what you have is a damn fine platform game if you haven't played it you'll love it I like to think there's a bit of ninja in all of us when Shadow of the Beast appeared on the Amiga it transformed graphics forever and albeit difficult became a cast iron classic playing this for the first time is an experience to be emptied there's all sorts of savage unearthly monsters on the loose it's now biting action from start to finish and it builds the atmosphere brilliantly playing it you get that feeling that this game couldn't have been done on any lesser machine than the Amiga good old speedball to childish fun that will store your faith in video games this one made me laugh lots too bad taste for some and it can get frustrating considering its scope it does look fab and there's loads of variety in the play it's just about the most all-out fun game I think I've ever played it's not just armored men colliding there's wargame level strategy involved and it feels as authentic as sports games get it's just a shame it's not real I'm probably just easily impressed but for me this back in the day was visually groundbreaking and packed with blasting action you'll absolutely love playing this the first couple of hours but then almost without warning you're against the final boss but despite that it works brilliant and there's always tons going on it's just one more go until you've completed it you won't be able to stop it's the most fun you can have on your Amiga short of dating a page three girl I absolutely love this game I think it plays better on the Super Nintendo but it's one of those games where you always feel that if you give it just one more try you'll master that last corner and if going fast appeals you really should play this or own it it's got to be in your collection I love the super tight handling there's no real decent crashes track your shiny red sports car off a rock or another car in this game and it thuds and drives on there's definitely a limited interaction with the scenery but it's high-speed racing that can be infuriating it is always thrilling unlike the 8 bits every surface in this game is bathed in color all the characters are there from the original with zippy dialogue it's a masterful romp through some really beautiful scenery and while it doesn't require much brainpower or skill it's big enough to keep you entertained for a while and whilst it's not the best platform adventure game on the Amiga you'll still love it the dizzy character is quite agile considering it's an egg it's a cracking ball of fast-moving energy there's more crashes and scrapes than most top-down games you'll find on the Amiga but this is still a solid title underneath there's some mad racetracks and this is quite good-looking the handling is great the landscapes look really good and there's some tough races to be had but seriously just look at it it zips along at a fair old pace in fact I prefer this one to super cars there's all sorts of upgrades you can do to your brakes the engine turbo I still come back to it all these years on there's no place like Turrican this is another one I first played had on the Amstrad CPC and I loved it I thought that was a fantastic port but I have to say this for me is the best and I prefer this to the Commodore 64 version but it's a wicked gun game and there's the potential to hide as well as shoot it looks great and it plays even better I thought the Commodore 64 version looked a bit mucky-looking what can I say that hasn't already been said stunning looks rock-solid playability bags of gameplay and just listen to that iconic soundtrack for me the best shooting up game in the world ever and if you haven't played it which I find that bizarre it's much better than you'd expect can you imagine if somebody came up with a 3d version of this oh and just the word of warning just bashing the buttons fire buttons to get through this fiasco won't work I first played UN squadron in the arcade couldn't get enough of it coin after coin it's not just one of my favorite games on the Amiga it's one of my favorite games ever and I think it's better than the Super Nintendo version as well the arcade is the first superior version if you haven't played this well let me just say it's up there with our time in my humble personal opinion and I can't stop playing the arcade original oh my god I used to love playing this in the arcade and it was really good surprisingly good on the Amstrad CPC as well but it's the Amiga version that feels arcade perfect and whilst it's not the most complex of games I love it once you get used to the strange controls you'll really enjoy it it's frenetic action here it's quake in tanks well that wouldn't quite work so an early twisted metal for kids of today voodoo nightmare is a huge challenge the spiders everywhere it's good old-fashioned searching and puzzling it plays a little bit like saber wolf but within the isometric world I paid less than I think it was six quid for this back in the day it was on budget and I still have it in the box one of the things I remember about this is how fast it is and on the Amiga monitor the colors looked amazing I remember being late to the party for room I went down the Nigel Mansell World Championship route with Gremlin graphics but this is definitely the superior game and the one you needed to own back in the day on your Amiga in fact I prefer this to Super Monaco Grand Prix on the Sega Mega Drive although in fairness I probably played both games well invested far too many hours in both games this is another one I originally had on the Amstrad CPC but it was a specky port and when I finally found this one on the Amiga well if you're a rugby fan you'll love it I still play this one every now and again and when I do I'll think about two or three hours into it for me then it's definitely the definitive rugby game if you've had a tough day in the office a tough day at work and when I come home and relax there's nothing better than playing worms so then it's one of those games that has to be played to be properly appreciated and not just played you know briefly you've got to sync some time into it and only then will it hook you look past the simple graphics please everything about this game just works it just feels so right oh yeah I think this was rated and don't quote me on this but the best vertically squalling shoot them up ever written initially I found this really difficult struggle to get the hang of it but I think it was the music and the graphics that kept me going because I wanted to see more the first game was absolutely brilliant but this one I think personally trumps it in every single way it was a sequel that lived up to the hype the Commodore Amiga's answer to Sonic the Hedgehog and this for me just look at that but what happened is all the character my god gramming graphics run to something here it was far tougher than son of the hedgehog and he could punch well for me is all is a masterpiece and the second one apparently is even better I never played it well thanks for watching this is another great trip down memory lane I love doing these videos and long may I continue until next time